Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-13
MEMS NF THE BAY.

Aubertin, the man who shot NJ. Ferry.
showed symptoms of lunacy when examined.
The seed aud oil mills at Doeffield, Eng.
land, have been destroyed by fire; loss
$4,000.
The Smith Kilrain light will probably
take place next week-earier than the day
announced.
The Duke Of Norfolk has started for Rome
to convey the congratulations OF Queen Vic.
toris to the Pope on hisjubiee
1t is reported that the Western Union will
soon absorb the Postal Telegraph and prob
ably also the Commercial Company.
Rev. Jacob A. REGISTER, of Grace Church,
Baltimore, has been elected rector of st.
Johns church, Georgetown, to succeed the
Rev. Dr.. John s. Lindsay.
It is reported that the fight between Suli.
van end Mitchell will take place 10 large
farm clubhouse in Kent, England. Tickets
for the fight are selling at ESQ each.
During the past year S.5O4 registered
letters, and 10, 10G,043 ordinary letters were
received and delivered in New York city.
and the total amount Of postage on local
matter vas $l9G.5S6
The wholesale boot and shoe establish
ment of Phelps. Dodge & Palmer, Chicago,
was Quilted by fire last night. The estab-
ment occupied quarter of q square. The
building was valued al 100000. Insurance
on building and contents between $500, 900
and 100000.
At Minneapolis, Mimi. yesterday 1000
people witnessed The twenty round contest
between Tommy Warren, of Minneapolis,
and Ike Weir, the Spider" of England.
After twenty rounds the referee declared
the fight draw, though the Spider" evil
IDENTIFY had the best of it.
At New Iberia, La.. on Sunday, W. B.
Merchant, president of the Merchants Elk
change, shot and slightly wounded ]. B.
L:wtoD, editor o the New Iberia Enterprise.
The shooting grew out of newspaper con.
troversy. Merchant claims that he thought
Lawtoa was about to attack him.
Bishop Henry G. Potter, of New York,
was yesterday elected president of burial
reform association, which is opposed to ex-
pensive and useless trappings at funerals
The society does not believe in vaults or
cremation. 1t would have the bodies of the
dead placed in plain wooden Collins and
buried in such a soil rs would most rapidly
advance decomposition.
The ship Alfred Watts sailed from Phil.
adslphia early in October with cargo of
petroleum for Hiogo Japan, aud it is said
that she foundered when but seven days
out and that all hut two of those on board
have been lost. Two persons, said to be sea.
men. were picked up by passing steamer
aud landed at Liverpool. the officers and
crew numbered twenty seven.
AS stated in Yesterdays GAZETTE, E. l.
Harper, the cashier of the Fidelity National
Bank of Cincinnati, who wrecked that in
stituton by grain speculations in Chicago,
was convicted in the United States Circuit
Court at Cincinnati on all of the thirty.
three counts on which he was tried. The
counsel for the prosecution sought to have
cumulative sentence imposed, but this Judge
Sage refused, and the prisoner was given
ten years in the pententiary. An appeal
for stay of sentence Until Harper could ar.
range some business affairs WAS refused.
The seventh day of the Voolfolk murder
trial in Macon, Ca, yesterday, was con-
sumed in the hearing of odds and ends OF
testimony and the prisoners statement.
The latter was stout denial of guilt, clos
ing with the words: NOW, gentlemen of
the jury, if you find me guilty I hope these
people here will take me and cut me to
pieces aod I will not finch" The testi-
mony was all in at 5 o'clock and speeches
were made Dupont Curry for the prosecu
ton and Frank Walker for the defense. The
closing speeches will be made to-day.